Abstract
This article develops a close textual analysis of James Hutton's seminal 1788 'Theory of the Earth' in order to highlight a number of ways that it might be considered as developing a 'Romantic geology' and a Romantic vision of the earth as a self-renewing, endlessly recycling organism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 305-321 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Romanticism |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2010 |
Keywords
- geology
- romanticism
- literary theory
- earth